Lawyer in NYC area to fight tickets.

[spytech]

A cop stopped me getting off the west side highway on 79th street and gave me 9 tickets. 3 of them for my plate. im looking for a good lawyer in NYC to represent me.

i was told about casey, i think...

thanks in advance.

[KNEEDRAGGER]

9 Tickets??????????

What on earth were you doing to warrant 9 tickets? Or is this simply abuse from a state who is dying from a lack of revenues this year?

[SteveNunez]

When I get back to the shop- I'll get you Casey's contact info- he's supposed to be the best traffic lawyer around- people rave about him on the DESMO mailing list- stay tuned.

(Thanks for the help swapping the wheels- you and Mario are the best!!!)

[froggert]

casey roskob
Speeding Traffic Ticket NY Attorney Court Lawyer CDL/DUI/DWI (http://speedlaw.net/)

[spytech]

casey roskob
Speeding Traffic Ticket NY Attorney Court Lawyer CDL/DUI/DWI (http://speedlaw.net/)

thank you!!! seems like the smaller tickets there is not much to be done, but anything with points can be plead down.

When I get back to the shop- I'll get you Casey's contact info- he's supposed to be the best traffic lawyer around- people rave about him on the DESMO mailing list- stay tuned.

(Thanks for the help swapping the wheels- you and Mario are the best!!!)

no problem man, its what we do. let me know about the ride this weekend, give me a call and let me know if your going.

[ducatisti73]

A cop stopped me getting off the west side highway on 79th street and gave me 9 tickets. 3 of them for my plate. im looking for a good lawyer in NYC to represent me.

i was told about casey, i think...

thanks in advance.

WTF could the pig give you 9 tickets for???? I have my plate by my rear shock and I never get stopped. Probably a jealous flatfoot, mad at the bike you have because he only makes $28k/yr. I hate NYPD and LAPD.

[spytech]

WTF could the pig give you 9 tickets for???? I have my plate by my rear shock and I never get stopped. Probably a jealous flatfoot, mad at the bike you have because he only makes $28k/yr. I hate NYPD and LAPD.

He was run over by a bike 2 years ago. he tried to stop the bike the guy popped a wheelie and ran him over. he was on the DL for 2 years he just got back.

1 for my brakes - insufficient brake light
3 for my plates - various reasons
1 for my exhaust - no baffle
1 for disobeying a stop sign on 79th street exit right before the red light.
1 for white lining, their was a lot of traffic on the west side hw so i got off on 79th. traffic was stopped.
1 for stepping on the yellow line - he says this is driving on the wrong side of the road.
1 reckless driving for going in between cars on the West side hw.

really its 8 tickets and 1 criminal court summons for the reckless driving. which he gave me for the same reason as driving in between cars.

he said he gave me a brake because he talked to my cousin on the phone which is also a cop.

i know of one more cop, that took a bike from a police officer. he made him walk off the hw. steve nunez can chime in on that one. i do not go by the deegan at all.

its my fault really, i should have never got off on 79th and kept going all the way up to 125th street. that is if i knew he was behind me. if your in NYC on a bike, never stop.

9 Tickets??????????

What on earth were you doing to warrant 9 tickets? Or is this simply abuse from a state who is dying from a lack of revenues this year?

its not about the money to these guys, it is what they live for. there are only a few cops in nyc that are like this. mostly Highway cops. when i say a few it is about a hand full. though if your on the same high way as them, be ready to run, they have a flat bed waiting and they will take your bike no if and's or butts.

[SteveNunez]

I can definitely attest the NYPD Hwy Unit cops that absolutely HATE motorcycles- and the fact that our billionaire Mayor hates them (motorcycles) makes it all the more easier for them to violate our rights- these guys have been basically been given the green light to aggressively confiscate any motorcycle for the smallest of infractions. If the small light that illuminates your lic plate isn't lit or missing due to a fender eliminator kit or similar they'll confiscate the bike on the spot!!!! If you have integrated blinkers- they'll confiscate! And if they can't find anything- they'll cite you for 3 square inches of reflective material that missing from your helmet and again confiscate the bike.........you can't imagine how bad this situation is here in NYC.
Thank you Mr. Bloomburg and Hwy Police for making NYC so great!!

~I know of an instance where a cop confiscated a brand new GSXR-750 purchased minutes earlier (with only 1.3 miles on it!) because the officer said the bike "has bald tires" and when the owner who just purchased the bike minutes ago explained it's a new bike and isn't modified in any way and that those are street tires and they're NEW the officer said "tell it to the judge".........5 minutes later the fellow is walking off the highway seeing his new bike on a tow truck- true story!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a true problem in NYC with these Hwy cops who's sole job is to patrol the Hwy- they don't fight crime on a street level- like real NYPD cops (who don't hold any prejudices as far as I've come across) these Hwy cops are generating serious revenue for NYC and they've found that our motorcycling passion means we'll pay fines and eagerly pay fees to get our bikes back from the impound generating tons of $$$$ for NYC.

This problem is so bad that the normal NYPD cops don't like the Hwy Cops of which they're all in the same system, union etc........these new Hwy cops are just really bad news for NYC area motorcyclists!

As for me-my bike stays in Yonker's which is just outside NYC limits and where Westchester County begins, where the cops don't harass bikes because of pipes or plate brackets- so I ride northbound and eliminate all riding on NYC highways......so in essence the Hwy cops are winning this battle to eradicate bikes on highways.....illegally so as they are vehicle profiling- but until one of these Hwy cops kills a cyclist- it will sadly continue!

Note: I know Spytech personally and I can tell you he and I have heard all sorts of stories and know of people who have had serious problems with these Hwy cops- it's just real bad for NYC motorcyclists- it's so bad many guys are just selling their bikes or avoiding getting on the highways to avoid these cops- saddest part is allot of these Hwy cops are Harley riders themselves! They drive NYPD branded Dodge Chargers and will aggressively chase and stop ANY rider they see on any sort of sport motorcycle or any sort of m/c with fairing- if it looks at all racy, rest assured they WILL stop you.
It's harassment plain and simple.


Here's the real kicker- the NYPD Hwy Units are the first to suggest "Charity Runs" for fallen officers- these are the same cops who do everything in their power (and beyond) to rid the city of sporting motorcycles- and would like to collect $$$ for fallen officers with donations from the motorcycling public.............what a joke these officers have become!
It wouldn't surprise me if after they collected the donations they confiscated some of the participating bikes!!!!
I wont participate in any event for NYPD where the Hwy units are involved- they receive NO support from me!

Just as a note- I'm sure not ALL of the Hwy cops are this bad but a great number of them are following the agenda of mass bike confiscation so for me it's guilt by profession at this point............No support from me at all!

[bluduk01]

I remember...think it was like two years ago when they really cracked down hard. You could drive down any highway in the city and find 20+ sport bikes on the side of the highway just waiting to be towed with the highway pigs just grabbing any bike they could. There was an article in the NY times about it.

[Phil]

I mean seriously....what a dick.

[SteveNunez]

Well they were doing it 2 years ago but they're still doing it today- and very aggressively I might add.

[bluduk01]

Well they were doing it 2 years ago but they're still doing it today- and very aggressively I might add.

I was just saying I remember when it all started.

[SV1098]

After reading all this, I'm somewhat concerned now! I live in NY and ride on the Belt and into the city all the time. I've passed by high way patrol numerous times, with no issues yet! I've watched high way patrol round up packs of bikes on the belt in 1 shot!! They stopped the entire highway just to pull over all the bikers.
My bike has a fender eliminator kit on it, as well as no reflectors. If this warrants having the bike impounded I'm going to have huge issues!

[Dan Kyle]

WTF could the pig give you 9 tickets for???? I have my plate by my rear shock and I never get stopped. Probably a jealous flatfoot, mad at the bike you have because he only makes $28k/yr. I hate NYPD and LAPD.

Hate whoever you want, but at least get your facts right.

Starting pay NYPD $43.062 (Base $40,361)

After 5.5 years $90,829 Base ($76,488)

Does not include overtime.

And not bad bennefits

Additional Benefits

10 Paid vacation days during first & second year
13 Paid vacation days during third, fourth & fifth year
27 Paid vacation days after 5 years of service
Unlimited sick leave with full pay
A choice of paid medical programs
Prescription, dental, and eyeglass coverage
Annuity fund
Deferred Compensation Plan, 401K and I.R.A.
Optional retirement at one half salary after 20 years of service
Annual $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund (upon retirement)
Annual banking of $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund after 20 years of service (if not retiring)
Excellent promotional opportunities
Educational opportunities
Additional benefits are available to military personnel.

[martinc]

+free bikes+free fuel+free insurance :)
m(during the day).

Still dicks if any of that is true.

[spytech]

Hate whoever you want, but at least get your facts right.

Starting pay NYPD $43.062 (Base $40,361)

After 5.5 years $90,829 Base ($76,488)

Does not include overtime.

And not bad bennefits

Additional Benefits

10 Paid vacation days during first & second year
13 Paid vacation days during third, fourth & fifth year
27 Paid vacation days after 5 years of service
Unlimited sick leave with full pay
A choice of paid medical programs
Prescription, dental, and eyeglass coverage
Annuity fund
Deferred Compensation Plan, 401K and I.R.A.
Optional retirement at one half salary after 20 years of service
Annual $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund (upon retirement)
Annual banking of $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund after 20 years of service (if not retiring)
Excellent promotional opportunities
Educational opportunities
Additional benefits are available to military personnel.



I must have 5 or 6 friends in the nyc police force and NONE, i mean NONE get paid what you quoted. my friend has 5 years on the force and with OT he might make 65k. those numbers are projected after the new contract kicks in. and by the time it does the contract is over - it has always been this way. they will get a retro check.

NJ cops get paid Very well - my friends father is a LT and he makes close to $160k a year. ny cops do not make that much money and starting salary was 28k and was bumped up too 32 - 35k i am unsure, what i am sure is that it does not reach 40k.

i have yet to see a regular blue cop making 90k a year with 6 years on. they would have to work a shit load of OT.

quality of NYPD cops has gone down. they are just there for a paycheck (very few want to be cops, its just worse case scenario and they landed on this job because they can not do anything else), then you have dickheads like the cop who stopped me that all he does is go after bikes, cause he tried to stop a bike and he got run over. their are some good cops do not get me wrong, but the dickheads and lazy's outweight the good ones.

also depending on what task force they are in, they get shit on by their higher ups. i am talking about getting trashed if they do not meet their quota. they have to hand out a certain amount of tickets, a certain number of arrest every month. the capt. does not want to hear about how good the neighborhood is, he wants to know about his numbers. its a business, its revenue for nyc.

the cop didnt want to give me tickets, he wanted my bike. he didnt want to just take it off the roads he wanted to impound it and have the city of new york take possession of the bike and make me fight for it in court. the only reason was my cousin that works in the 33rd precinct.

while i was leaving he also made a threat. said that he better not hear that i told my cousin anything about how things went down and not to fight any of my tickets in court because he is good and he will win.

[Dan Kyle]

Here is the source: NYPD Web site.

http://www.nypdrecruit.com/NYPD_BenefitsOverview.aspx



From Wikipedia:

After years of bitter wrangling that saw starting pay for new officers fall to as low as $25,100 a year, the city and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Association_of_the_City_o f_New_York) on August 21, 2008 reached agreement on a new four-year contract.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department#cite_note-4)
The contract, which runs from August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2010, gives police officers a 17 percent pay raise over its four-year life, and raises starting pay from $35,881 to $41,975, and top pay from $65,382 to approximately $76,000 annually. With longevity pay, holiday pay, night shift differential and other additions, the total annual compensation for officers receiving top pay will be approximately $91,823, not including overtime. It should also be noted that this is the first contract since 1994 the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the City of New York mutually agreed on without involving a mediator.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department#cite_note-5)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department#cite_note-6)

[spytech]

Here is the source: NYPD Web site.

http://www.nypdrecruit.com/NYPD_BenefitsOverview.aspx



From Wikipedia:

After years of bitter wrangling that saw starting pay for new officers fall to as low as $25,100 a year, the city and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Association_of_the_City_o f_New_York) on August 21, 2008 reached agreement on a new four-year contract.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department#cite_note-4)
The contract, which runs from August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2010, gives police officers a 17 percent pay raise over its four-year life, and raises starting pay from $35,881 to $41,975, and top pay from $65,382 to approximately $76,000 annually. With longevity pay, holiday pay, night shift differential and other additions, the total annual compensation for officers receiving top pay will be approximately $91,823, not including overtime. It should also be noted that this is the first contract since 1994 the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the City of New York mutually agreed on without involving a mediator.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department#cite_note-5)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department#cite_note-6)

Please, please do not believe everything you read on wiki. it can be edited by anyone!!! seriously.

also, the contract started in 2006 but they will not see any of that money till probably next year at the end of the contract (retro check). again, show me a PO that you know that makes 65k without OT at 5.5 years. If you can find one, i cant and i know a few.

its all symantics anyway, the whole point about their salary is/was that the quality of NYC PO has gone down, drastically. yes their starting salary was 25k it may not be that now, but it is not up to industry standards and def. not what you think it is or posted up.

things are a little different in nyc for motorcycle. there is a difference in treatment based on the bike you ride. crotch rocket type bikes are subjected to more scrutiny than any other. NYC is not a biker friendly city and we do not have a biker friendly mayor. Bloomberg does not even like Critical Mass (happens the last thurday of every month). many have been arrested in CM events in nyc.

For sure their is abuse of power from nyc cops towards bikers, because they have support and motivation from the people in office. though you also have those who thrive on it and do it for fun.

http://critical-mass.info/stillweride.html#

this is what NYPD gets: provided by yahoo tech news and engadget

"When we look upon the typewriter (http://www.engadget.com/tag/typewriter/), we tend to think of it as a somewhat romantic, antiquated technology for the English major in us to write that great mystery novel we've toying with -- not something we'd imagine anyone would still be using in a professional setting. Unfortunately for New York (http://www.engadget.com/tag/NewYork/)'s boys in blue, that's exactly the situation they find themselves in. According to NY Post, the city has plunked down $982,269 in a contract with New Jersey-based Swintec to provide thousands of new manual electric typewriters bound for NYPD offices over the next three years, with another $99,570 going to a company for maintaining the current lineup. While arrest reports have thankfully gone the way of computers, property and evidence vouchers continue to be written up out the old fashioned way, with officers complaining about having to seek out ribbons when they (often) run dry. In some way, it's kind of funny... but mostly, it's just sad."

this is recent news, heh...

[ducatisti73]

Hate whoever you want, but at least get your facts right.

Starting pay NYPD $43.062 (Base $40,361)

After 5.5 years $90,829 Base ($76,488)

Does not include overtime.

And not bad bennefits



Additional Benefits

10 Paid vacation days during first & second year
13 Paid vacation days during third, fourth & fifth year
27 Paid vacation days after 5 years of service
Unlimited sick leave with full pay
A choice of paid medical programs
Prescription, dental, and eyeglass coverage
Annuity fund
Deferred Compensation Plan, 401K and I.R.A.
Optional retirement at one half salary after 20 years of service
Annual $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund (upon retirement)
Annual banking of $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund after 20 years of service (if not retiring)
Excellent promotional opportunities
Educational opportunities
Additional benefits are available to military personnel.

WRONG! Idiot. that's a new contract and doesn't take affect until 2010.

[ducatisti73]

And NYC is not a riders or racers place to live thats why I'm leaving this shithole this year. Headed west.

[Dan Kyle]

WRONG! Idiot. that's a new contract and doesn't take affect until 2010.

I do agree with part of what you say.

This part WRONG! Idiot. .

It went into effect in 2008. but was backdated to Aug 2006.



"on August 21, 2008 reached agreement on a new four-year contract

The contract, which runs from August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2010"

"gives police officers a 17 percent pay raise over its four-year life, and raises starting pay from $35,881 to $41,975, and top pay from $65,382 to approximately $76,000 annually"

[spytech]

I do agree with part of what you say.

This part

It went into effect in 2008. but was backdated to Aug 2006.



"on August 21, 2008 reached agreement on a new four-year contract

The contract, which runs from August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2010"

"gives police officers a 17 percent pay raise over its four-year life, and raises starting pay from $35,881 to $41,975, and top pay from $65,382 to approximately $76,000 annually"

No need for name calling. if you do not live in NYC it is hard to understand the situation here. the contracts for NYPD are negotiated late and usually they never come to an agreement until when the contract is suppose to end. it is not the normal way but it is how its done. you do not read about this especially on the NYPD site, why would they tell you???

with nypd there is always a point when they do not have a contract or that the old contract has ended. negotiations take for ever and you end up with a retro check (for about 10k or something similar, but not what it would be if the old contract started when it was suppose to).

my friend comes from a long family of Police officers, only thing he regrets is not getting in to jersey instead of NYPD. with about 5 years in jersey he would have been close to top pay in 2 more years at over 100k a year.

certain things you just cant read about you have to exp. and live it. NYC is def. not a riders city, the rest of ny is ok.

[Deacon848]

Hello all. I'm new here. I live in Southern CT, 40 miles from NYC - I guess I'll be avoiding NYC highways. Geez.

[mr_honez]

Glad I live in Texas. :D